Guardian
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Labour's Rishi Sunak is advancing a piecemeal industrial strategy while Labour 's Keir Starmer is focusing on growth.
Sunak's plans show a lack of confidence in the state’s role in the economy.
But Starmer 's is falling victim to a false dichotomy between spending and growth.
Governments have significant power to foster and direct growth to be innovation-driven, inclusive and sustainable.
Mariana Mazzucato is a professor in the economics of innovation and public value at University College London .
She says the UK has repeatedly fallen victim to over-reliance on consulting firms.
The language of cost-saving and fiscal responsibility can lead to downsizing and gutting the capacity of governments to advance ambitious strategies.
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